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The Disciplinary Revolution : Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe / Philip S. Gorski.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorski, Philip S., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Calvinism--Europe--History.
- Christian sociology--Reformed Church--History.
- Church and state--Europe--History.
- Church and state--Reformed Church--History.
- Europe--Church history.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Sociology, Christian (Reformed Church)--History.
- Local Subjects:
- Calvinism--Europe--History.
- Christian sociology--Reformed Church--History.
- Church and state--Europe--History.
- Church and state--Reformed Church--History.
- Europe--Church history.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Sociology, Christian (Reformed Church)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, control through incarceration, and bureaucratic office-holding, Calvin and his followers created an infrastructure of religious governance and social control that served as a model for the rest of Europe-and the world.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Body and Soul: Calvinism, Discipline, and State Power in Early Modern Europe
- 2. Disciplinary Revolution from Below in the Low Countries
- 3. Disciplinary Revolution from Above in Brandenburg-Prussia
- 4. Social Disciplining in Comparative Perspective
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 1-283-15075-1
- 9786613150752
- 0-226-30486-8
- OCLC:
- 721195559
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